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By Pam Owen
Special to the Rappahannock News
You’ve seen them zoom by in lowlying fields and wetlands, and around ponds—a bright flash of iridescent color. They hover! They strike! These small but fierce predators are dragonflies and dam selflies.
Can dragonflies hurt you? Where do they go in winter? How long do they live? What do they eat? Why do the males guard “their” females so jealously?
Come to Hearthstone School’s Community Room on April Fools Day at 7 p.m. for some answers.
Dragonflies and damselflies make up the order Odonata in the insect world. The name is derived from the Greek “odonto-” meaning tooth, referring to the strong teeth found on the mandibles of most adults. Common folk names include: biddies, snake doctors, horse stingers, devil’s darning needles, mosquito hawks. Thousands of different species of dragonflies and damselflies live in watery environments throughout the
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